Neighborhood group and city are seeking solutions
In about six weeks Eagle Trace Golf Club in Broomfield is scheduled to lose access to its source for irrigation water, and residents from the neighborhood around the course are holding a town hall meeting Wednesday night, Sept. 15, to go over what the course’s possible closure means to them and their property values.
In 2024 the owner of Eagle Trace, a partnership headed up by a California-based attorney, sold the water rights that have irrigated the property to a local water investment group for $4 million. The deal gave Eagle Trace access to lease the water back, but just up to this November, when the taps would be turned off. Without a new source of water the course turf will likely die, and neighborhood residents have been working for more than two years to try to either save the course or get a solution for the land that doesn’t harm their homes.
Residents around the golf course have formed a community development corporation to pursue options if the course closes. That group is having a public town hall meeting 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at Broomfield United Methodist Church, 545 W. 10th Ave.
“All Eagle Trace area residents and interested community members are encouraged to attend, learn more, ask questions, and participate in this important community conversation,” the meeting announcement states…